334 Herbaceous plants* 



a few inches high; leaves reniform or rounded on slender 

 stalks. P. rotundifolia, taller and showier, with petiolate, 

 shining green leaves; flowers rather large, ten to twenty 

 in terminal racemes on slender scapes, pure white, fragrant. 

 The pipsissewa (ChimapJiila umbellatd) is an equally desira- 

 ble plant ; leaves cuneate-lanceolate in a whorl on the 

 middle of the slender stem ; flowers umbellate, white, 

 waxy, with violet anthers. Where they are rare and can 

 be obtained only in a limited number these may be used for 

 moist, half-shady positions in a rockery or for small patches 

 among choice evergreen shrubs. 



THE LEADWOET FAMILY. 



Thrift or Sea Pink, Armeria vulgaris. A very hand- 

 some seaside plant covering acres of sandy shores, with 

 tufts of small, linear, bright green leaves and rosy-red 

 flowers. The flowers are borne on scapes five or six inches 

 high in close heads. There is a pretty white variety. A . 

 Lauclieana has bright pink flowers. Excellent for seaside 

 gardening or for naturalizing on sandy ground or here and 

 there in lawns. It is also fine in rockeries or for edging 

 beds or borders. A. CepJialotes is a larger growing species 

 with a scape a foot high bearing a head of crimson flowers ; 

 leaves lanceolate, tufted. A. plantaginea, leaves lanceolate 

 w r ith several longitudinal nerves; flowers rose-colored, on 

 scapes eight inches high. These two are best for rockeries 

 in a light, sandy soil. All require a sunny position. 



Sea Lavender, Statice. A genus of plants common in 

 the Steppes of Eastern Europe, in salt marshes and on sea- 

 shores. They have small flowers in immense panicles, 

 which look very elegant and feathery. Nice for rockeries 



